Italics are for past memories and dreams, bold is for Author notes. I do not own Legend of Zelda.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared. I was in my human form riding Epona through a large field. Suddenly in-between the brief flashes of light; I saw two beings in front of me. Epona reared in surprise, and I was thrown off. As one of the crimson eyed beings came toward me, a flash of blue light emanated from me. The being skittered back in surprise, then it smiled with evil satisfaction. It morphed into Brent, to my horror. "Come to me…" it said, holding his arm out and smiling with perfect teeth. I screamed as he covered my face, and the last thing I was aware of was Epona's whinnies and frantic calls.
I awoke with a start. I must have fallen asleep while we were in the spring. Link looked at me with concerned blue eyes. "Are you alright? You seemed to be having a nightmare about something."
"I'm fine. Nothing for you to worry about." I reassured him. I got up and I realized I was shaking with fear. I usually wasn't scared by dreams, but this one felt…real. I felt as if I was actually there. Link padded over and nuzzled me once on my shoulder; comforting me and taking my fears away. Wow, that sounded sappy…
"Are you sure? Do you want to talk about…" Link said, but I interrupted.
"I'm fine now! Sheesh." I grinned. A giggle echoed in the spring, and we both jumped in surprise. Link's shadow started moving on its own, until the form of Midna appeared in his shadow. Her scarlet eye was the only color on her body. I glared at her.
"So…what now?" She asked.
"You tell me." I growled.
She laughed and said," Eee hee hee! Did you think I'd disappeared? Listen, there's another thing I forgot to tell you... Don't think you can just run off and save your friends, because you can't. Just beyond that bridge, the land is covered in twilight. Last time, a shadow beast pulled you through the curtain of twilight...But if you want to go that way this time, you'll need the cooperation of someone FROM the twilight...like me! So you really have no choice but to do what I say. Saving your friends and all that... Well, that'll depend on your actions...Because you never can trust words, you know." Damn she's right. I'm a flippin wolf, and wolves can't save people, especially if they're spirits.
"Right now, I want a sword and shield that'll suit me. You do understand me, don't you? Eee hee hee! So, what do you plan to do? While you're here dawdling, the twilight continues to expand. Come on! Hurry it up!" Midna sat heavily on my back, and kicked my ribs for good measure.
Link said suddenly, "Hey Cassie, I remember Rusl and Jaggle were making a sword and shield. We will just have to take those."
I nodded and we both trotted over to Ordon Village. We came to Link's house, and a couple of Bulbins were wandering aimlessly around. They squawked when they saw Link and I, and came to attack me. With a snarl, Link pounced on one Bulbin and knocked it out. The other bulbin came towards me, and I had no idea how to fight. I was a relatively passive person. Link killed it suddenly, and finished off the other one. " Um thanks, I guess." I said.
Link smiled. "Anytime." We then proceeded to go into the main part of the village, but a tiny voice said, "Wait!"
It was a squirrel. "I don't know what you've come here to do, but if you're going into town, be careful! THEY came and made both the forest and the village a mess...They kidnapped the children from the village...But you're different... You're not a bad thing, are you? I can tell, because you smell like the trees of Ordon...If you run into any trouble, try talking to the animals in town. We animals understand one another, so you'll be fine!" It scampered off, leaving us really wierded out.
"Oookay then." Link said slowly. We came to Ordon Village, and the place seemed almost ravaged. There was a little damage to buildings, and it was quiet even for nighttime. "Hey Cassie, why don't you go get the shield, and I'll get the sword. I think the shield is in that building with the waterwheel. We'll meet here after we get the stuff." Link said. I looked up at the house, and saw there was an open window on the roof.
"Ugh, this village is full of idiots. We should jump from the waterwheel, but from where?" Midna said, thoughtfully. I saw pillars of earth, and they led directly to the waterwheel! I slunk over to where I could jump onto one, when a torch suddenly light up and revealed where I was. A timid man saw me and said, "MON-MONSTER! You've returned for more, haven't you?! My... My daughter... Return her! And TAKE THIS!" he used a small whistle to call a hawk down. It swooped down after me, and I ran away. It clipped me on the shoulder with its talon, however. I examined the wound, and found it wasn't too deep although it was bleeding heavily.
"Why don't you sneak up behind him, and scare him. Look at him all posing high and mighty, wait until he sees us. Eee hee hee!" Midna said. I jumped easily onto the pillars, and snuck up behind him. When he saw me, he shrieked and jumped into the river below. I snickered to myself as I jumped through the window, and got the wooden shield. "It looks kind of cheap…" Midna said. I laughed out loud. It DID look really cheap. Jaggle must not have worked very hard on it. I jumped out the open window and dashed over to the meeting place where Link was waiting for me with the sword. He gasped when he saw me. "What happened to you?" he said, horrified.
I glanced at my shoulder. "Oh, some guy sicced a hawk on me, and it clipped me with its talons. It doesn't hurt much." I shrugged and winced, which didn't help my case at all. "Alright you two, no more distractions or detours, I'm going to take you back to the Twilight. Go back to the woods where you first transformed into that shape!" Midna said, kicking Link's ribs in the process. He yelped and glared back at her.
As we passed Ordon Spring, a faint voice called out to us. "Wait...Come...to my spring...You have...been transformed...by the power...of shadow...Come...to me... Beware...A shadow being...it approaches..." Suddenly, black and red walls crashed around the spring blocking our only exit. A red portal opened up, and a terrifying beast fell out of it. I recognized it as the same kind as the one who pulled us into Twilight. It saw me with its beady, cold eyes and barreled toward me. It hit me on my wounded shoulder and I fell back, whining painfully.
"Cassie!" Link howled. I faced the shadow beast and my fury burst out of me. With a snarl, I pounced on my attacker and let my instincts take over. Seconds later, the ugly beast was dead and it disappeared in a cloud of amber and black. The taste of the beast was still in my mouth. It tasted like rotten gravy and cotton balls. Eeeewww! I drank some water out of the spirit's spring, and the pain on my shoulder faded away. I glanced at it, and it was healed. I faced Link, and grinned.
"No harm done, see." I barked. He just shook his head and said,
"You had me worried there for a second."
"I can defend myself perfectly, thank you very much." I said defensively. I rolled my hazel eyes. "You're not the only monster slayer, you know."
Suddenly, the water began to turn a liquid gold, just like when I had been transported here. Then, a ball of light came from the depths of the spring and the familiar glowing goat stuck it in his horns. "O brave youths..." it brayed, "I am one of four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the gods. I am Ordona. The black beast you slayed was a shadow being. It had come to seize the power of light I wield. My brethren in Hyrule have already had their light stolen by these fell beasts. The entire kingdom has been reduced to a netherworld ruled by the cursed powers of darkness. The blight will not stop with Hyrule. Before long, the entire world of light will fall into the hands of the king who rules the twilight. Even your world, Cassandra, will become corrupted." My eyes bugged. My world… how? Gah, if racist fishhead went to my planet...there would be blood.
"To save this land from the king of twilight, the lost light must be recovered. The three light spirits that have lost their light must be revived. There is but one who can revive them and redeem this land...You. You both still have not discovered your true power...Those transformed by twilight usually cannot recover their original forms...Unless... If you were to return Faron Woods where you were first transformed... If you were to revive the light spirit...There, by the power of the light spirit, you may find the means to regain your other state of being..." The ethereal being and the light faded.
"We should get going." Link said. We both came to Faron Woods, where the curtain of twilight was. Midna came out of Link's shadow, and said, "Look, the Faron Woods that you know so well. They're now covered in Twilight. You both may not be able to come back here, but do you still want to go?" We both nodded, and Midna passed through the curtain. I tried to remain calm as she reached through with her big hand, and yanked us in once more in the twilight.